Planes are kind of a ridiculous concept

Made it to Seattle in one piece, so that's a plus. I wanted to take some action shots of the plane taking off and landing but then they told me to turn off my electronic devices. So I have a couple shots of things that look exactly the same from thousands of feet in the air. I might have even gotten a nice shot of Denver or Athens or some town, I'm not really sure.

But seriously I think its pretty ridiculous that humans fly machines that weigh tons at hundreds of miles an hour. Just man showing off its contempt of nature. Is contempt the right word? Yeah contempt*

Who really understands how planes work, with the thrust and all buisness?
Did the Wright brothers know what they were creating? I totally would have been in the camp trying to make an air machine that flapped wings like a bird - that just makes sense.


*paraphrasing a Simpsons joke, don't want to get into any copyright issues.